Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham

Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham (8 September 1879-1 December 1955) was Governor of Kenya from 10 February 1925 to 27 September 1930, succeeding Edward Denham and preceding Henry Monck-Mason Moore.

Biography
Edward Grigg was born in Madras, Madras Presidency, British India on 8 September 1879, the son of a member of the Indian Civil Service. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and he became a journalist upon graduation, joining The Times in 1903. In 1913, he became co-editor of The Round Table Journal, and his journalism career was interrupted by his British Army service during World War I, during which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Upon his return in 1920, he became a private secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and he was elected to Parliament for the Liberal Party for Oldham that same year. In 1925, he resigned his seat to become Governor of Kenya, and he improved agriculture, infrastructure, and education, while also opposing the creation of a multiracial society. In 1930, he returned to Britain, and he refused Indian governorships due to his poor health. In 1933, he was elected to Parliament for the Conservative Party for Altrincham in a by-election, serving until the constituency was abolished in 1945. When World War II broke out, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information, and he became Financial Secretary in April 1940 and then Under-Secretary of State for War. After the Conservative caretaker government's 1945 electoral defeat, Grigg was raised to the peerage as "Baron Altrincham", ending his political career. From 1948 to 1954, he edited the National and English Review, and he died in 1955. His son, John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham, famously wrote a 1957 article that criticized Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.